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People who believe the messages in attack ads shouldn’t be allowed to vote, says Richard Dal Monte. see page A6

Cold case a real New West thriller Local authors aim to solve decades-old murder Mario Bartel

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Kelly Sartorius of New Westminster celebrates finishing the Boston Marathon on Monday with her husband Andy. A short while later they were in a cab headed back to their hotel with two explosions ripped through the area causing the deaths of three people and wounding more than 170.

Fast run kept woman from harm’s way Grant Granger

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New Westminster’s Kelly Sartorius rose to the challenge of becoming the first Canadian with multiple sclerosis to qualify for the Boston Marathon. After Monday’s tragic events, she won’t be going back. Sartorius, 39, is fortunate she’s fast. The Royal Columbian Hospital dietitian breezed through the 42-km course through Beantown and its suburbs on Monday in three hours, 16 minutes and 14 seconds. That put her in the top 5,000 overall

and 590th among women, which is pretty darn good for anyone, let alone someone with MS. She crossed the finish line about a half hour before the big bangs heard round the world went off. She waded her way through a maze of corridors to get her medal, food, drink, a blanket to keep her warm and to find her husband Andy and his father. After snapping a few pictures, they hopped in a cab and headed back to their hotel along the Charles River about five or six blocks away. That’s when the bombs at the

finish line went off. They were too exhausted and weary to hear the explosions, though. Fearing her legs would seize up if she sat down they decided to rent some bicycles and explore instead of going up to their rooms. By then chaos had erupted. Sirens were blaring all over the place. Frightened people on cellphones were crying and screaming saying there was a bomb. “It’s very unnerving, it’s kind of a shellshocked feeling to it because it was all hearsay,” said Sartorius on Wednesday after returning to New

Westminster. Their hotel was on lockdown with police all over it. Eventually they holed up in a little doughnut shop that seemed benign and innocuous enough not to be a potential target. “It was very surreal. We just didn’t know where a safe place was,” said Sartorius. They didn’t return to their hotel until about 7:30 p.m., about four and a half hours after the explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 170 had gone off.

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When Dr. Robert MacLauchlan and his wife Margaret were found shot dead in their Fifth Street bungalow on March 21, 1966, it was New Westminster’s first murder in 32 years. It’s still unsolved. A pair of local writers, Rod Drown and Ken McIntosh, have spent two years researching the execution-style killings. The story they’ve unraveled so far reads like a mashup of F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Elmore Leonard. Its tendrils wind deep into New West’s history, old Hollywood and the opium dens of Shanghai. It is, says Drown, “like putting a jigsaw puzzle together.” One with many tragic, dark, sordid pieces, and some still missing. MacLauchlan was the son of a wellrespected physician in Calgary. After graduating with a gold medal from McGill medical school in 1919 he “charmed and philandered his way through San Francisco, 1930s Shanghai and other exotic settlements of the French overseas community,” says McIntosh. Please see story, A3

A2 NewsLeader Friday, April 19, 2013

LIBRARY BOOK CLUB

CITYPAGE SPRING CLEAN WITH CRAIGSLIST Shake off the cobwebs and make some money by selling what you don’t want on Craigslist. Learn how at the New Westminster Public Library’s Tech Tutorial on Thursday, April 25 at 7 pm. The program will cover how to create an account, submit a posting and add pictures. As space is limited, pre-register at 604-527-4667.

QUEENSWEEP - COMMUNITY CLEAN UP Sunday, April 21 10:00 am Queensborough Community Centre Come join us for our annual Earth Day clean-up! Volunteer to pick up around our waterways, parks and streets. Visit the Queensborough Community Centre before the event to pick up cleaning supplies (bags & gloves) and a map of the meeting places and zones we will be targeting this year. Get a group together or just yourself. We will get an early start, 10:00 am (or earlier) and the City will be dropping off bins for our trash and recyclable finds. All those who participate in the clean up, please register for the Challenge Prizes Draw. For more information, please call 604-525-7388.

RAIN BARRELS AND BACKYARD COMPOSTERS The City of New Westminster has in stock limited quantities of rain barrels and backyard composters in an effort to promote water conservation and composting at home. Available to New Westminster residents only, these items are being sold at a subsidized rate on a first come, first serve basis: • 75 Gallon Rain Barrels - $75 (includes tax) • 80 Gallon Backyard Composters - $30 (includes tax) Rain Barrels and Backyard Composters are available now from the Engineering Operations Works Yard at 901 First Street between the hours of 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. Cash or cheque only. To confirm availability of stock, please contact Engineering Operations at 604-526-4691.

SMART (ORGANIC) GARDENING WORKSHOP In Celebration of Earth Day! This workshop is not one to miss! Join us at Centennial Community Centre to learn how to maintain your garden and lawn organically with certified organic gardener and educator, Catherine Dale. Bring a pen and paper (and your questions) as you will learn a lot of interesting tips on how to keep or create a healthy garden – without using pesticides! Sunday April 28th, 2013 1:00 – 4:00pm Centennial Community Centre (Room #2) There is no charge for this special event, but we ask that you please REGISTER in advance if you wish to participate. Registration can be made from the City’s website www.newwestcity.ca or by calling 604-527-4592.

The New Westminster Public Library’s Read with Us Book Club will celebrate World Book Day with a discussion of the book The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold on Tuesday, April 23 at 7:00 pm. Read the book and join in a lively discussion. In The Lovely Bones, a seemingly unbearable tragedy is transformed into a suspenseful and touching story about family, memory, love, heaven and living. Copies of the book can be borrowed from the Library. Please pre-register at 604-527-4667.

ART IN THE LIBRARY There is colour in abundance in the art shows at the New Westminster Public Library until April 30.

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COUNCIL MEETINGS Monday, April 22 3:30 pm Regular Working Session Council Chamber 6:00 pm Public Hearing Council Chamber following Public Hearing Regular Council Council Chamber Please note that council

On the Ramp Gallery, red pops out in the exhibit meetings are now video streamed online. Girls Just Want to Have Fun which features paintings of members of the Red Hat Society. Irene LaCharite and Lavanna LaBrey have captured the vitality and character of these 50 and older women who celebrate their femininity through colour and whose motto is ‘fun’. In the Reference Department, Bruce Busby’s abstract landscapes are splendid in yellow, blue and orange. The art is available for viewing at any time during library hours at 716 6th Avenue in New Westminster.

2013 RESIDENTIAL WATER, SEWER AND SOLID WASTE CHARGES DUE DATE: MONDAY – MAY 6, 2013 2013 Residential Water, Sewer and Solid Waste bills have been mailed to the registered owners of Single Detached Dwellings. If you have not received your Residential Water, Sewer and Solid Waste bill please contact the Taxes and Utilities Department at City Hall at 604527-4555 or 604-527-4550. New owners of single detached dwellings who have not received their bill in the mail are advised to contact the Taxes and Utilities Department. Accounts paid in full on or before May 6, 2013 are eligible for a 5% prompt payment discount. Accounts unpaid after May 6, 2013 are not eligible for the 5% discount and may be subject to transfer to property taxes if still unpaid at December 31, 2013. Various payment options are provided for your convenience: • By mail or in person at City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, V3L 1H9 • Cheques post-dated to the May 6th discount date are welcome • INTERAC Bank Debit Card at City Hall • After-hours payment into “City Hall Mail” located at the north entrance to City Hall • At any chartered bank and most trust companies and credit unions • By tele-banking or internet-banking service through your financial institution • At automated banking machines • At authorized agent: Royal City Drugs | 708 – Sixth Street • At the Queensborough Community Centre Credit cards are NOT accepted for the payment of Utility bills Seniors Living Alone: If you have received your bill, you may qualify for a waiver of 25% of the flat rate charges if you meet ALL of the following requirements: 1. 65 years of age or over, and 2. Living alone (one person only) in the single family residence, and 3. A registered owner of the property. If you meet all of the above requirements and your flat rate utility bill does not already include a reduction described as “Senior Waiver” please call the Taxes and Utilities Department for assistance. For further information, call the Taxes and Utilities Department at City Hall at 604-527-4555 or 604-527-4550.

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Friday, April 19, 2013 NewsLeader A3

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New West doctor lived two very different lives ⫸

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It’s during that time Dr. MacLauchlan likely developed a taste for narcotics, as a user and a smuggler. He eventually settled back in Calgary, providing illegal abortions and smuggling drugs as he travelled the world with his second wife, a stage actress who had made silent movies in Hollywood earlier in her career. That’s also where he met and seduced Margaret “Nan” Cunningham, a daughter of one of New Westminster’s oldest families, the Herrings, who were descended from a member of the Royal Engineers. In fact, her mother was a former May Queen, her grandfather was the first president of the city’s electrical company. Cunningham was a teacher at the Woodlands school and while Drown and McIntosh aren’t yet sure of the circumstances of their meeting, MacLauchlan started a relationship with Cunningham, who was more than 20 years his junior, passing her off as his niece. “He was a real charmer,” says

Drown. After MacLauchlan spent a year in a Lethbridge jail in 1955 for performing abortions, he and Cunningham moved to New West in 1957 where the couple appeared to live a quiet, suburban existence. “We don’t know what he did,” says McIntosh. “He always seemed to have money. He walked his dogs. He gave the impression of being a harmless, elderly retired grandfather.” But all the while MacLauchlan was likely running the second largest heroin smuggling ring on the West Coast, according to a story Drown and McIntosh found by a well-connected police beat reporter at the time. And he was doing it right under the noses of the city’s deputy police chief who lived next door, and the department’s top drug investigator who lived across the street. In December, 1965, MacLauchlan and Cunningham were arrested for smuggling narcotics. Shock waves rippled through the quiet, leafy streets of old New West.

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Rod Drown and Ken McIntosh examine the grave marker of Dr. Robert McLaughlan and his wife Margaret who were murdered execution style in their New Westminster home in 1966.

A couple of months later they married, likely so Cunningham couldn’t be compelled to testify against the doctor. Weeks after that they were both dead from identical gunshots to the abdomen and face. At the time it was speculated MacLauchlan and his wife were victims of a gangland hit to protect the underworld from any damaging information they might provide at a trial. Nine years later, when McIntosh joined the New West police department, officers

and investigators still talked about the case. McIntosh recalls hearing about duty cops protecting the murder scene in the house in total darkness, with no communication to the outside world because two-way radios weren’t yet issued and no assurance the killer wasn’t lurking somewhere near. The case led to the formation of the department’s identification unit, that McIntosh eventually headed from 1998 until he retired in 2001.

While he suspects the killer has long since passed on, the file remains open. And endlessly fascinating to the gumshoe authors. “Normally you don’t find criminals who are this well educated,” says McIntosh. “He was a doctor who had the character attribute of living two lives,” says Drown. Using the Internet to research family trees and connections, old newspaper clippings and even interviewing former neighbours who were kids at the time, McIntosh and Drown have managed to fit much of the puzzle together. They’re starting a website to share some of their research and see if they can jar any more memories to fill in the gaps. “Somebody knows something, even today,” says McIntosh. “Every murder has at least one person who can tell you enough information to close the case.” • Anyone with information about Robert MacLauchlan or Margaret Cunningham can contact Drown at rdrown@gmail.com or McIntosh at blackrat09@gmail.com.

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By that time, friends, family and colleagues back home were getting a little frantic because cell service in Boston was overwhelmed making it difficult to make contact back home. Sartorius’s parents were taking care of her three sons back in New West while they were away from them for the first time in 11 years. “My mom was in tears,” said Sartorius. “They knew I had finished because they had seen

me come in (on the Internet) and knew from the time I had finished that hopefully I was out of that area.” When asked if Monday’s events would make her fearful of returning, she replied, “I want to say yes. And this is how terrorism works. This instills this fear in you. I’m nervous about going to any major events in the U.S. … It was a perfect venue for [setting off bombs] because there wasn’t a lot of security for such a huge event. It was probably easy

pickings.” Sartorius was diagnosed with MS about seven years ago. She has some weakness on her right side, numbness and tingling that comes and goes, cognitive problems, and lots of lesions. “They stopped counting when they found 42 on the MRI,” she says. Chemotherapy and aggressive alternative treatments she’s received in Israel and Poland have kept the debilitating disease at bay. MS evokes visions of patients

in wheelchairs, so the long-time runner began to think about what she could do for her health and to inspire others. Many long distance runners consider qualifying for the Boston Marathon the epitome of achievements, so she decided to give it a try. When her time at the Victoria Marathon last October qualified her to run in Boston, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada told her she was the first person diagnosed with MS

they knew of in the country to do so. Getting to run in such a prestigious race showed her sons—Jonas, 10, Elias, 7, and Julian, 5—what’s possible despite life’s adversity. “I did it to say to my kids you can rise above challenges and be the best you can be, and I did it also for people with MS to look forward to something,” said Sartorius, who raised $2,000 for the MS Society by running in Boston.

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A CBC survey on Canadian hospitals gives New Westminster’s Royal Columbian Hospital a C grade, but the Fraser Health Authority claims the report card wasn’t comprehensive enough. The network’s Fifth Estate show took five “important” indicators from information reported by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) on 240 acute care hospitals across the country. The report card gave RCH a C because the data showed “it gets worse results overall than an average” large community hospital. Royal Columbian received a C in three categories and D in the other two. Nursing-sensitive adverse events was given a D for having a score of 48.8 reports for every 1,000 patients compared to the national average of 29.19. “This hospital reports substantially more adverse events tied to nursing care for medical problems than an average hospital of the same size,” said the report card. It also received a D for having a score of 13.97 for patients being readmitted after medical treatment while the average was 13.31. Royal Columbian got a C for having 9.89 out of a thousand patients die within five days after major surgery with the average being 8.62. The category includes operations that take more than two hours. RCH is the region’s main trauma, cardiac, neurological and neonatal centre. It also got a C for nursingsensitive adverse events for surgical patients with a 40.47

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score compared to the average of 35.99. The indicator measures “the number of patients per 1,000 who develop problems tied to nursing care such as urinary tract infections, bed sores, pneumonia or broken bones. Nurses are not solely responsible but studies show a strong link to low nurse staffing levels,” said the CBC report card. The other C was given for having a rate of 7.12 of readmission after surgery with the average being 6.51. A Fraser Health statement said the CBC results show it’s difficult to do comparisons between jurisdictions when the methods hospitals use to keep track of data vary widely. It pointed out the CBC chose to use just five of CIHI’s 21 clinical performance indicators, and “CIHI itself notes that caution needs to be used when interpreting the nursingsensitive adverse event indicator because adverse events are not consistently reported.” Fraser Health notes RCH had the second best rate in the country for using angiography after heart attacks, and a province-wide survey of hospital patients showed 90 per

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On Monday, the Ministry of Health announced it is proceeding with the business case for the first phase of the redevelopment for Royal Columbian. Last May, then Health Minister Mike DeJong announced the government was committed to doing the redevelopment, but at that point it was only at the conceptual stage. The first phase will be the replacement of Sherbrooke Centre with a new mental health building. The business case, expected to be completed 201314, will determine the scope, cost and schedule of the first phase. The full redevelopment will include additional beds, a bigger emergency department, a new surgical suite, a consolidation of critical-care beds and renovations and upgrades to existing spaces.

Friday, April 19, 2013 NewsLeader A5

‘No Coal’ rally Sunday To rail against rail terminal proposal across river from New Westminster

Metro Vancouver directors also waded into the fray last week when its environment and parks committee voted 6-5 to oppose the plan citing potential environment and health risks. Before it becomes official, the motion, however, will go before the full board for a vote later this month. Metro does not have the authority to block the proposal now being considered for approval by Port Metro Vancouver. The authority has already given approval to an expansion of the coal-handling capacity at Neptune Terminals in North Vancouver. That’s in addition to the coal shipped from Westshore Terminals at Delta port. The plan calls for the coal being brought to the docks by train from Wyoming and then transferred to barges that will haul the coal to freighters docked at Texada Island for shipping overseas. While it doesn’t have authority over the railways either, Metro Vancouver is the regional air quality regulator. Since the terminals require Metro air quality permits it may be able to insist the arriving rail

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A ‘No Coal’ rally against the Fraser Surrey Docks proposal to build an coal export terminal across the river from New Westminster will be held at the River Market on Sunday. It is being organized by the Quayside Community Board. Past president James Crosty has been collecting signatures on a petition opposing the plans that would see a new terminal built across the Fraser River from the Westminster Quay and Queensborough. The board believes New Westminster will be affected by coal dust floating across the waterway from the terminal, which would have the ability to export four million tonnes of coal a year with the potential to double that capacity. The rally will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will include several speakers. New Westminster city council recently expressed concern about the proposal.

cars be covered to keep the dust from escaping. The Metro committee is also backing a request from Vancouver Coastal and Fraser health authorities to be consulted about the projects. Signatures for the petition were to be collected up until April 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 239 Sixth St. ggranger@newwestnewsleader.com

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Don’t snooze this one The 2013 provincial election will be one of the most important in a generation. At a time when the economy is in slow motion, yet demands on the public purse are increasing, voters need to pay attention to who’s running. Of course, we say this for every election — to no avail. Last time around, in the 2009 provincial election, only about 50 per cent of voters bothered to cast a vote. Who is to blame and will things be any different this year? It’s hard to say. Is it negative advertising that turns people off ? B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix says so and has promised a more positive campaign. But will that end indifference or will people turn away from boredom? Is it helplessness and apathy that keep people from the polls? Many simply don’t connect with government. B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark has tried to be a populist (pandering?) premier, appealing to the hockey mom, but has failed to attract women’s support, pundits say. Why? Perhaps B.C. voters simply distrust anything politicians say. Clearly there is a disconnect and the media may have contributed to this malaise by blowing every little incident out of proportion. As in the story of the boy who cried wolf, many voters simply tune out after a while, yet, sadly, when there is a real issue, such as lack of funding for transit, many voters simply don’t see the connection between their vote and government policy. Instead, they leave the field to special interest groups to hijack the results. Truth is, politicians will only be accountable if we hold them accountable. We have a right to toss any of them out if they don’t do what they promised so voters need to pay attention to what politicians say and they need to find out who they are. Over the next few weeks, the NewsLeader will be covering the election with information from our local candidates. The rest is up to you.

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Those in glass houses shouldn’t throw ads Adrian Dix: He kicks puppies. The attack ads by B.C. Liberal supporters haven’t quite dipped that deep into the muck, but give them time. Slinging mud is a timehonoured political strategy that, until relatively recently, Canadians naively thought was the domain of our southern neighbours — that is, until our federal parties saw that nasty works and unleashed a TV ad arsenal of minor keys, unflattering photos and selective quotations. And there are no innocents. Provincial parties from across the country and the political spectrum readily employ such tactics, creating villains where there are really only opponents, wars where there should be peaceful differences of ideology. For instance, for months now, in radio ads aired across B.C., supporters of the embattled Christy Clark crew have been shining a light on the NDP leader’s nefarious past in the

Richard Dal Monte Glen Clark government, the faked memo, etc. Another radio spot features voice actors — times really are tough in B.C.’s film industry — playing wideeyed rubes marvelling that Dix once got caught riding SkyTrain without a ticket. The horror, the horror. The horror is that anyone would buy this rubbish. If a citizen in the province of British Columbia decided he wouldn’t vote NDP because of the latter ad — as opposed to genuine differences about policy or concerns about Dix and company’s ability to lead B.C. and manage its economy — he deserves to lose the right to vote due to criminal stupidity.

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Still, the political potshots got me thinking that anyone’s life contains potential fodder for attack ads. For example… • Richard Dal Monte: What’s up with that voice? He sounds like a villain… with a cold. Can we trust someone who sounds like he should be strapping James Bond to a laser-saw? • Richard Dal Monte: Look at his hair. It’s long and messy. Who would vote for someone who apparently doesn’t even own a brush — or a razor? • Richard Dal Monte: His dog Harry is named after a wizard. Does Richard Dal Monte believe in magic and why does he hate Muggles? Your children are Muggles. People wonder if Richard Dal Monte is secretly a Slytherin. • Richard Dal Monte: For 12 years, he’s edited a newspaper, changing things people have written. What makes him think he’s always right? • Richard Dal Monte: He

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Thank you for our playgrounds! The F.W. Howay staff and students would like to say a huge “Thank You!” to everyone who helped fundraise, organize and construct our wonderful new playgrounds. Without you, the Howay students would have no playgrounds this spring. Last Saturday, Habitat Systems supervisors led many parents and community members to construct our playgrounds. Orientation began at 8 a.m. and the rain started soon after. It was cold, muddy and miserable. Crews were very appreciative of the donuts and coffee donated by Tim Hortons. The Save On Foods BBQ was a welcome sight at lunchtime. Save On staff provided and cooked up hamburgers and hot dogs with all the fixings. Despite the horrible conditions, both playgrounds were put together and cemented in place by the end of the day. Volunteers shared a sense of accomplishment and quite a few laughs. Everyone was heartened to see the results of all their planning and hard work. They say it takes a village to raise a child. Apparently, that

goes for playgrounds too. Thank you so much! Ken Millard, principal On behalf of F. W. Howay staff and students

EXAMPLE OF NDP STYLE Re: NDP offers movie industry tax break This is clearly an example of how an NDP government, if elected, would give away the province to their labour brothers. I am not surprised Adrian Dix is committing the tax breaks to “labour expenditures.” It would be interesting to know the financial commitment the movie industry unions have made to Dix. When reading the industry’s labour contract it is quite clear why they need subsidies. Their contract is so rich only concessions from unions themselves, not taxpayers, can save their own jobs, and bring back the many related offsite jobs. Average wages are in excess of $30 per hour and $90 if on site more than 15 hours. Add to this a huge benefit package.

This is not job creation. It is clearly subsidies to a highpriced private industry and their labour force, which will put an unjustified burden on taxpayers. Whether from Canada, India or the U.S., taxpayers owe this industry and their overpaid workers nothing. John Ashdown New Westminster

DOING THE MATH Re: Doctors say ERs on life support Let’s review real quick: 1) Docs desperate for $10 million 2) health minister says it ain’t there 3) premier holds party for India film gang for $11 million. Feeling in pit of my gut: Priceless. Brian Nisbet —online comment newwestnewsleader.com

RESIDENTCONSULTED Re: Already have a tunnel, new signal not needed (Letters, NewsLeader, April 17) I would like to thank Jason Lesage and the Massey-Victory Heights Residents Association

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for the feedback on the proposed changes to improve pedestrian safety on East Eighth Avenue. Last fall, to inform residents of public consultation on proposed safety improvements along East Eighth Avenue, the city mailed 326 letters to households and placed multiple notices in Citypage and Citypage online as well as on the city’s website, Twitter and Facebook page. In addition, both the Massey-Victory Heights and McBride Sapperton Residents’ Associations were notified by email and were of great assistance in helping us get the message out. These efforts resulted in over 150 residents attending an Oct. 25, 2012 open house at McBride elementary and 93 survey responses received to guide the city moving forward. To date, important crossing improvements on this busy corridor have already been completed at both the Buchanan and William/McKay street intersections. In keeping with the feedback generated during the consultation

process, a number of changes have been proposed at East Eighth and Cherry/Sherbrooke/ Devoy Streets and at East Eighth and Richmond Street that were supported by a majority of survey respondents. These were outlined in the report presented to council on April 8 which is available on the city website at www.newwestcity. ca. Following discussion of this report, council instructed staff to further consult with the city’s Neighbourhood Traffic Advisory Committee, the Advisory Committee for Transit, Bicycles and Pedestrians and both the Massey-Victory Heights and McBride-Sapperton residents’ associations on this issue and this is now underway. The city looks forward to continued dialogue on safety improvements on East Eighth Avenue and working together with the community towards solutions. Jerry Behl Transportation Engineer City of New Westminster

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New Westminster voters will have a fifth candidate to choose from in the provincial election May 14. Port Coquitlam resident Lewis Dahlby, a 59-year-old owner of an excavation company, will be running for the Libertarian Party in the New Westminster riding, said Jeff Monds, a party representative. He said Dahlby, who is currently on a cruise with his wife, decided to run in New West because the party already had candidates running in the riding he lives in as well as neighbouring districts in the TriCities area. “Lewis had very little choice but to pick something next closest to where he lives,” said Monds. Dahlby also ran for the Libertarians a year ago in the riding of Chilliwack-Hope finishing last out of four candidates with 145 votes, a shade over one per cent of those casting ballots. According to its website, the party is based on the principle that no individual or group shall initiate force or fraud to achieve political or social goals, and is a strong believer in civil liberties and private property rights, “including drug legalization, ending government controls on economic activity, and ending coercive taxation.”

Candidates to replace retiring New Democrat MLA Dawn Black already declared for New Westminster are Hector Bremner of the BC Liberals, the NDP’s Judy Darcy, Conservative Paul Forseth, and Terry Teather of the Green Party.

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Election buses roll for May 14 vote Tom Fletcher

Clark has suggested taxes and royalties from LNG exports should VICTORIA – Premier Christy go toward a “prosperity fund” Clark formally began the B.C. that could pay off B.C.’s debt in 15 election campaign Tuesday with years. a visit to Lieutenant Governor B.C. Conservative leader John cummins Dix sTerk clark Judith Guichon to end the current Cummins has emphasized that government and begin a 28-day B.C.’s debt nearly doubled under run to form a new one. liquefied natural gas exports, or we have the NDP government of the 1990s, and Clark began with the dramatic claim the chance to shrink government, grow has almost doubled again in the 12 years that the May 14 vote is “a choice that the economy, lower taxes and pay off the of B.C. Liberal rule. will do nothing less than define our debt for our kids,” Clark told reporters Dix boarded his campaign bus province for another generation,” and gathered outside Government House in Tuesday for a series of stops in quickly went on the attack against NDP Victoria. Vancouver and Burnaby. leader Adrian Dix. The NDP has supported LNG Cummins and B.C. Green Party leader “I can’t remember a campaign where exports, but wants to extend B.C.’s Jane Sterk are also traveling the province the choices are as stark as this one, where carbon tax to natural gas drilling as they prepare for a leaders’ radio we have a chance to grow government, emissions that would add up to $100 debate on April 26 and a TV debate grow taxes, kill the opportunity for million more a year. April 29.

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Dix was forced on the defensive after the B.C. Liberals publicized offensive comments made by the NDP’s Kelowna-Mission candidate on a local internet site four years ago. Dix issued a brief statement Tuesday announcing Dayleen van Ryswyk has resigned and the party will nominate a new candidate. Van Ryswyk’s remarks about aboriginal and FrenchCanadian people were “unacceptable,” Dix said.

Metro launches election site Metro Vancouver has unveiled www. localgovernmentmatters.ca, a website where it’s quizzing provincial parties on their positions on municipal issues leading up to the May 14 election. The regional district hopes it puts more focus on the need for reform of TransLink, the need for long-term sustainable funding for transit and infrastructure, and other municipal issues member cities want the next government to address. So far only the Green Party has provided answers, but the other main parties have promised to participate. “The board will not be endorsing any political party,” Metro vice-chair Raymond Louie said, calling it an “entirely non-partisan initiative.” The region says cities are profoundly affected by senior government decisions – such as new federal sewage effluent regulations that are forcing Metro to upgrade two treatment plants at a cost of $1.4 billion. The topics include agriculture, with a question asking what provincial parties would do to prevent industrialization of viable farmland.

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Port Mann traffic down 5% after tolls Rapid Bus use accounts for some but not all of decrease

of 2012 before the crossing was tolled. About 100,000 fewer vehicles crossed in January, compared to three million a year before. Transportation Investment Corp. spokesman Greg Johnson said bridge traffic is continuing to fluctuate and it will take time before it stabilizes. “We are seeing similar volumes to this time last year,” he said. Asked if the drop

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Use of the new Port Mann Bridge is down around five per cent since tolls took effect in December. Transportation ministry officials say 200,000 fewer vehicles crossed the toll bridge in February – 2.7 million compared to 2.9 million in February

in Port Mann traffic equates to a similar increase in traffic at non-tolled bridges, Johnson said he could not speculate on that. Some of the drop in vehicle traffic may be due to drivers parking their cars and taking the new #555 express bus from north Langley over the Port Mann to New Westminster. More than 38,000 passengers rode the rapid bus in March, TransLink spokesman

Derek Zabel said. The service runs every 15 minutes at peak times and the 47-seater highway coaches typically carry 35 to 40 passengers over the bridge during the rush. “It’s meeting expectations and it has room to grow,” Zabel said. The province also released GPS measurements of the time taken to travel Highway 1 before and after the new bridge

opened. Drivers going from Surrey to Coquitlam have cut their travel time by nearly 60 per cent, the transportation ministry said. It takes 11 minutes now to travel from 176 Street in Surrey to Brunette Avenue at Lougheed via the new bridge, compared to 35 minutes before it was built. The gains aren’t yet as dramatic for motorists travelling further into Burnaby

and Vancouver on Highway 1, where freeway construction continues throughout this year. Morning commuters now take 40 minutes to get to Boundary Road at Grandview

from 200 Street in Langley, compared to 68 minutes prior to the new bridge. That time is projected to drop again to 23 minutes when the rest of the work on the highway is finished.

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NDP lays out planned tax increases Tom Fletcher Black Press

The B.C. NDP is proposing to collect an extra $550 million a year in new tax revenues from large businesses, highincome earners and financial institutions in their first year of an NDP government. By the third year, another $100 million would be raised from extra carbon tax on the oil and gas industry, NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston announced at a news conference in Vancouver last Thursday. The B.C. Liberals’ February budget raised the corporate income tax rate to 11 per cent. The NDP would increase it to 12 per cent on Oct. 1, which Ralston said would raise an extra $200 million a year. The small business income rate would be left at 2.5 per cent, applied to firms with annual revenue up to $500,000. Another $150 million is expected to come from a capital tax on financial institutions. Ralston revealed a rate of three per cent for banks and one per Event cent for larger credit unions. Credit unions with holdings

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of less than $20 million would will not extend the carbon tax be exempted, and Ralston said to chemical process emissions fewer than half of the 44 credit on cement plants, aluminum unions in B.C. are big enough smelters and other industries to pay the tax. that emit carbon dioxide The personal income tax rate beyond their use of fossil fuel. on earnings above $150,000 a All the new revenues would year would go from 14.7 per be spent on programs, including cent to 19 per cent under an reinstating non-repayable grants NDP government. The B.C. for post-secondary students. Liberal budget promised to NDP social development critic raise it to 16.8 per cent for two Carole James said details of the years only. spending plans will be revealed Ralston said the NDP plan next week. would add $1,100 to the tax Housing starts bill of someone making taxable shift in region income of $200,000 a year, and A drop in multi-family housing he considers the increase to be a starts in Metro Vancouver is being permanent measure. partly offset by more construction Finance Minister Mike de of single detached houses so far Jong said the NDP plan echoes this year. the policies pursued by the Year-to-date housing starts NDP government of the 1990s. for 2013 are down 20 per cent in “Taxation levels went up, Greater Vancouver to 3,137 from a corporate capital tax was 3,931 in the same period a year introduced, and investment and ago. jobs fled,” de Jong said. But the Canada Mortgage and The NDP carbon tax Housing Corp. also reported single increase is to be phased in on detached starts are up from 700 “venting” emissions from oil to 843, a 20 per cent gain. and gas production, raising an urban housing starts estimated $35 million next year Date ROP SizeareB.C.-wide, down 13 per cent overall. and tripling over the next two jnagel@blackpress.ca years. Ralston said the NDP

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A16 NewsLeader Friday, April 19, 2013

D TEbook OngOing Uptown Artists’ DropIn: A group of artists aged 50-plus meet to paint and draw in a comfortable bright e nv i r o n m e n t . T h e focus of the group is to encourage artists who are experienced or just starting. Limited supplies let beg inners try out different options. Donation accepted but optional. When: Every Thursday, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Where: Spruce Room, Century House, 620 Eighth St., New Westminster. Fraternal Order of Eagles: Aerie No. 20 N ew We s t m i n s t e r hosts a fundraising meat draw, sponsored by Thrifty Foods. Three

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meat draws per day, 50/50 draw includes dinner and breakfast. When: Fridays, 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 3-5 p.m. Where: Fireside Pub, 421 East Columbia St., New Westminster.

emotional distress. No previous experience is needed as extensive training and ongoing support is provided. Info: www.options. bc.ca and follow link for Crisis Line.

Sunday Afternoon Dances for 55+: Live music each week – come join us. When: Sundays, 12:45 – 3:45 p.m. Where: Century House, 620-Eighth St., N ew We s t m i n s t e r. Admission: $5 members and $6 nonmembers. Includes refreshments at intermission. Info: 604519-1066.

Heritage Uke Club: Organized by Gord Smithers (Guitarist for Deadcats, Swank, ReBeat Generation & Wichita Trip), learn to play the ukulele, beginners welcome. When: Mondays, 6-8 p.m. Where: Heritage Grill, 447 Columbia St., New Westminster. Cost: suggested $5 donation. Info: http:// tinyurl.com/6uy9h4h.

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Free Citizenship Classes: Prepare for the Canadian citizenship test for free in classes co-sponsored by N ew We s t m i n s t e r Public Library and MOSAIC’S Settlement Program. When: First consecutive We d n e s d a y and Thursday of each month 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: New Westminster Public Library, 716 6th Ave., N ew We s t m i n s t e r. Register and info: MOSAIC, 604-522-3722 ext. 155.

clubs & grOups N ew We s t m i n s t e r Lions Club: Meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Boston Pizza, C o l u m b i a S q u a r e, Columbia Street in New Westminster. Visitors and prospective members are welcome. Info: 604-525-4477.

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Kiwanis Club of New Westminster meets the first and third Tuesday of the month, 12 p.m. lunch, Boston Pizza, Columbia Square, New Westminster. Info: Marge Ashdown 604521-8567.

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Codependents Anonymous: Freedom Group is a Twelve Step program for m e n a n d wo m e n who want healthier, more functional relationships with themselves and others. When: Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Where: Royal Columbian Hospital, Neil Russel Room, third floor, Columbia Tower, New Westminster. Info: Sue, 604-580-8889 or 604-515-5585.

‘Living Room’ is a faith-based M DA support group for people with mood disorders, their families & friends. Meets first & third Tuesdays, 8765 Government St., New West. Info, Mark at 604939-9346 or Graeme 604-444-1228.

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NDP offers two-year ferry fare freeze Black Press

An NDP government would cancel a four-per-cent increase in BC Ferries fares scheduled for next spring, freezing fares for two years as they conduct an “audit” to determine the future of coastal ferry service. NDP transportation critic Maurine Karagianis said Wednesday the government would provide an additional $20 million in each of the next two years to make up for the fare revenue lost by cancelling the increase, which was ordered last year by B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee. The two-year freeze proposal is a repeat of the NDP’s 2009 election platform, which also promised a full review of the ferry rate structure. In an interview from the NDP campaign tour, Karagianis wouldn’t rule out further reductions in low-ridership sailings. She said the ferry commissioner would continue to operate, but “certainly the ferry corporation doesn’t always take every recommendation the ferry commissioner makes.”

In fact, the B.C. Ferry Commissioner has authority under the Coastal Ferry Act to set rate caps for all 25 salt-water routes, and as of last year the office was also given the power to determine service levels on those routes. Macatee, appointed last year to the independent ferry commissioner role, has just completed a review of ferry operations designed to find $26 million in savings. The B.C. Liberal government launched the review in May 2012, after adding an additional $79.5 million to the coastal ferry service’s annual subsidy over four years, bringing it to about $180 million a year. Transportation Minister Mary Polak released the government’s ferry consultation report in March, after meetings in coastal communities to set out options for cutting costs. Polak said no specific service reductions would be made until this summer at the earliest, but denied that she was putting off bad news until after the May 14 election. After Macatee reported on the per-car subsidy for

money-losing ferry routes, BC Ferries cut some sailings on the Tsawwassen-Duke Point run, which were losing $50 per vehicle on average. Polak has emphasized that littleused ferry sailings cannot continue indefinitely, as overall ferry ridership has declined in recent years and BC Ferries has lost money even with increased subsidies.

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New Westminster and Fraser Valley Canadian Club: Guest speaker Robert Thomson will talk about New Westminster’s historic Trapp family. When: Tuesday, April 23, social hour 6 p.m., dinner 7 p.m. Where: Justice Institute, 8th Avenue and McBride Blvd, in New Westminster. Reservations: Nona, 604-522-3821.

Bloom: The Kokeshi Project: From folk toy to custom creations – the Nikkei National Museum is pleased to present 100 artist-designed kokeshi (traditional Japanese wooden dolls) for a special show and silent auction fundraiser. Also featuring canapes, cash bar, live auction, kokeshi animations, games and prizes and a raffle draw. When: Thursday, April 25, 7-9:30 p.m. Where: Nikkei Centre, 6688 Southoaks Cres., Burnaby. Tickets: $25 plus tax. Info: 604-777-7000 or www. nikkeiplace.org/

Spring Clean with Craigslist: Shake off the cobwebs and make some money by selling what you don’t want on Craigslist. Learn how at the New Westminster Public Library’s Tech Tutorial. The program will cover how to create an account, submit a posting and add pictures. When: Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. Where: New Westminster Public Library, 716 6th Ave. As space is limited, pre-register at 604-527-4667. Ukrainian Perogy Supper: When: Friday, April 26, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (perogy sales) and 5-8 p.m. (supper). Where: Holy Eucharist Church Hall, 4th Ave. and 5th Street, New Westminster. Info: 604-526-0988 or 604-522-7711.

Bells and Cream Tea: Featuring an adult and a youth handbell choir in concert while you enjoy scones, jam, Devon cream and tea in bone china tea cups. When: Saturday, April 27, 2 p.m. Where: Queens Avenue United Church, 529 Queens Ave., New Westminster. Advance tickets only: Adults $25, Seniors/ Students $20, Children $15, at 604-522-1606.

Supporting Children Who Take us to the End of our Rope: Early Childhood Consultant and author Daniel J. Hodgins looks at the causes for the increase in challenging behaviour and strategies to support the development of self-control. When: Monday, April 22, 5-9 p.m. Where: Marlborough Elementary, 6060 Marlborough Ave., Burnaby. Tickets: $10 until April 17, at marlborough.pac@ sd41.bc.ca. Looking Through the Eyes of Boys & Girls: Early Childhood Consultant and author Daniel J. Hodgins looks at the differences between boys and girls, their learning styles, feelings and environmental needs. When: Tuesday, April 23, 5-9 p.m. Where: Marlborough Elementary, 6060 Marlborough Ave., Burnaby. Tickets: $10 until April 17, at marlborough.pac@ sd41.bc.ca.

For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again: Vagabond Players presents the play by Michel Tremblay, his homage to his maddening, melodramatic and marvellous mother, who nurtured his imagination and his love for the theatre and the arts, yet did not live to witness the world-wide acclaim for her son’s artistic genius. When: runs to April 20, 8 p.m. Thursdays to Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Where: Bernie Legge Theatre, Queens Park, New Westminster. Tickets: $15, seniors/students $13. Reservations: 604-521-0412 or reservations@vagabondplayers. ca. L iv i n g A p a r t Pa re n t i n g Together: A workshop on how to deal with parenting while going through a divorce. When: Until April 24, Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. Where: Byrne Creek secondary school, 7777 18th St., Burnaby. Info: 604-664-8888 or 604-5216200. Royal City Musical Theatre needs volunteers for the month of April when their latest production, Oklahoma, plays the Massey Theatre. Info: 778397-1671.

Burnaby-New Westminster Newcomers and Friends Club: Club welcomes women who are new to the area, as well as longtime residents. Meet women of all ages and cultures to make new friends. When: Dinner meeting the second Wednesday of each month plus various events including book club, craft group, social Saturdays, etc. Info: Lenore, 604294-6913.

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Foes, fans for referendum idea for new TransLink taxes Liberal promise risks dividing Metro Vancouver: Watts Jeff Nagel Black Press

The BC Liberals’ surprise pledge of a referendum in November 2014 on any new taxes or tolls for TransLink is getting mixed reaction from transportation watchers. Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation B.C. director Jordan Bateman said the election promise unveiled Monday would give local voters the power to block any new revenue tool for transit expansion they decide is unjustified. “That will really change the tenor of the discussion around TransLink,” Bateman said. “From my point of view, that’s great. Direct democracy is always the best democracy.” Metro Vancouver mayors have asked the province for new funding sources – a vehicle levy, a share of carbon tax, a small regional sales tax or some form of road pricing – to give TransLink the money for a massive transit expansion that would include rapid transit through Surrey to Langley and west on Vancouver’s Broadway corridor to UBC. But some Metro Vancouver mayors are critical of the promised referendum, saying it threatens to dumb down the important debate over the future expansion of transit and put the long-term future of the region at risk. Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts warned it could divide the region, with voters in cities that already have SkyTrain lines refusing to vote for the higher taxes needed to build new lines in the remaining underserved parts of the region. “There are going to be people who don’t want to have any expansion in the region whatsoever and that leaves the communities that are growing that have had no investment in rapid transit at a disadvantage,” Watts said.

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“Surrey has paid for significant amounts of infrastructure north of the Fraser,” she said. “Now that we’re looking to expand south of the Fraser, where 70 per cent of the region’s growth is coming, we just really need to stop playing politics and get the job done.” Watts said the debate over funding for TransLink has dragged on for years and waiting until November 2014 would keep the region at a standstill until then. “Not to be able to do anything for another two years for us in Surrey is simply unacceptable,” said Watts, who questioned why there isn’t a referendum on Liberal plans for changes to income tax levels or the sale of Crown land. Watts also said the Liberal platform wrongly calls rapid transit for Surrey a “new” proposal, noting it was promised in the Provincial Transit Plan more than five years ago by then-premier Gordon Campbell. Mayors’ council chair

Richard Walton doesn’t reject the idea of a referendum but said he’s concerned 2014 may be too soon to have an informed public debate on a complex issue like road pricing, which could see motorists charged to drive on major routes. That public discussion would need to address not just what residents would pay in extra charges, but what they would get for the investment and the downside if it was rejected. “Saying no is easy,” Walton said. “But people don’t necessarily understand the repercussions of saying no.” Both he and Watts said the referendum idea came without any warning despite months of meetings with Transportation Minister Mary Polak. The timing of the vote for November 2014 is to coincide with the next civic elections, saving money. SFU City Program director Gordon Price said a referendum could be a disaster for the region, blocking transit upgrades needed for the livability of the growing region. “It’s an excruciatingly bad idea,” he said, pointing to transportation funding referenda in U.S. states, where he said good policy is often sacrificed to craft an initiative that might pass. “It just invites everything to be framed as part of a cynical political exercise that’s put through the grinder of ideology, partisanship and parochialism. It becomes what will sell. Not what’s right or how do we make the tradeoffs that need to be made.” Price said the move reflects a continuing provincial government bias against transit and in favour of bridge and freeway projects. “Why is only one part of the transportation system up for a referendum?” Price asked. “I want to vote on the [replacement of the] Massey Tunnel. And why didn’t they do that with the Port Mann Bridge?”

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The dream of car racing fans to reopen the long-closed Langley Speedway in Campbell Valley Regional Park will at least get to the starting line. Metro Vancouver’s environment and parks committee voted to refer the controversial proposal to staff to report back on feasibility and what process might be used if Metro’s board decides to advance it to public consultation. The idea is expected to face heavy opposition from horse riders who frequent the park, as well as other users and residential neighbours. Four Metro directors voted against the motion, citing concerns racing wouldn’t be compatible with quiet nature

strolls and equestrian Langley City Coun. riding. Gayle Martin noted Metro Surrey Coun. Barbara wants to explore business Steele said noise from the partnerships to raise track would be a big issue, more money to support adding she’s also concerned regional parks, particularly the Langley Speedway the acquisition of more Historical Society hasn’t parkland. adequately discussed its “In Stanley Park you proposal with neighbours have the aquarium, which or other park users. houses whales in captivity. But the majority agreed What’s that doing to the Metro should not dismiss environment?” Martin out of hand the idea of asked. “You have the LaNgLey SPeedway HiStoricaL Society PHoto miniature train, you have resurrecting the speedway, The styles may have changed since the heyday of the which has been closed since Langley Speedway, but advocates who want to reopen Malkin Bowl and they’re all 1984. the racetrack hope the appetite for stock car racing generating revenue.” “In this economy, we She said most trails in have to look at what the people future of electric race cars. Campbell Valley go nowhere want to do,” said Abbotsford He also noted equestrian sports near the racetrack area, which Mayor Bruce Banman, adding aren’t emission free, because occupies less than two per cent of track proponents have taken a horse riders typically burn fuel the park’s 1,322 acres. respectful approach and not tried trucking their animals to and Speedway society president to “stack the deck” with support. from Campbell Valley park. Murray Jones said he’s pleased Responding to concerns it’s a “I think there are lots of ways Metro will at least consider the heavily polluting sport, Banman to resolve the problems facing idea. said auto racing technology is this,” Pitt Meadows Mayor Deb He said the the racing surface changing and heading toward a Walsh said. is still usable and a demonstration

race could be held there almost immediately, using basic fencing and portable concessions, while more work would be needed to set up proper grandstands. Jones said Metro got 10 per cent of all speedway revenues when it was open and a similar revenue-sharing agreement in the future could help fund regional parks. He envisions 10 to 14 race days a year, while concerts, car shows and other outdoor events could use the venue at other times. Jones said the existing 1,000 parking stalls at the track would be mainly for VIPs and the disabled, while most other racegoers would be expected to walk, bike or take a shuttle. Metro directors predict there will be strong opinions for and against reopening the track, particularly from motor sport fans and horse owners, if the proposal makes it to public consultations.

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Five Star Building Maintenance has F/T and P/T openings for reliable Light Duty Cleaners in Metro Vancouver. Day shifts only (weekdays/weekends). We offer training programs, attractive wages and benefits. Fax resume to: 604.435.0516 or email to: staff@fivestarbc.ca

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NE SEAL Ind. Products is looking for a F/T TOOL & DIE MAKER for it’s location in BBY, BC. DUTIES: work with little supervision. Knowledge of steel rule die making and gasket materials is essential. Operate C02 laser, able to draw using AutoCAD & use of Word, Excel, Coral Draw, read blueprints and technical detail to make dies. Exp in setting up/operating die cutting/water-jet/ lathe and milling machines. Wage: $25/hr plus benefits. Minimum High school diploma; and minimum 3 yrs experience. Academic/technical/computer education and diploma is an advantage. Pls reply: anyseal@gmail.com or fax to: 604-298-3777

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WAREHOUSE

GEMINI STUDIO

604.523.6689 Unit D - 768 Princess Street

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Please apply at: #200-11251 River Rd. Richmond.

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Digital Services Specialist

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Black Press B.C. has an immediate opportunity to join our Digital Operations team. Reporting to the VP of Digital Operations, the Digital Services Specialist is a full-time, permanent position based in Surrey, B.C. We are recruiting a champion to develop, implement and support the online tools that will drive traffic, engage and maintain readership for the 90 websites in Black Press B.C. Working with a team of web developers and engineers, you will source, develop then administer resources to empower our newspapers’ staff to manage online content. Among core responsibilities, you will: t -JBJTF XJUI BMM EJWJTJPOT PG #MBDL 1SFTT UP champion our Digital content delivery strategies; t 1SPWJEF POHPJOH TVQQPSU BOE USBJOJOH UP PVS newsrooms to deliver our cultural shift to become a truly multi-media organization; t 8SJUF BOE NBOBHF USBJOJOH BOE QSPKFDU documentation and timelines; t 8PSL XJUI B WBSJFUZ PG QBSUOFST WFOEPST BOE internal clients; t 5BLF PXOFSTIJQ UP NBOBHF QSPKFDU SFTPVSDFT based on fluid priorities; You have experience with: t POMJOF OFXTQBQFS QVCMJTIJOH t QSPKFDU NBOBHFNFOU t XFC BOBMZUJDT BOE TPDJBM NFEJB TUSBUFHJFT t CVJMEJOH USBJOJOH NBUFSJBMT BOE DPBDIJOH QFPQMF Qualifications - you have the ability to: t DIBNQJPO JOJUJBUJWFT ZPVST BOE PUIFST BOE deliver timely results; t åOE DSFBUJWF TPMVUJPOT UP DPNQMFY DIBMMFOHFT t MJTUFO BOE SFTQPOE PCKFDUJWFMZ UP OFX JEFBT t NBOBHF NVMUJQMF QSJPSJUJFT TJNVMUBOFPVTMZ VOEFS pressure; t NBLF DPODJTF SFDPNNFOEBUJPOT XIJMF XPSLJOH with a range of personalities. Apply with cover letter, CV and 3 references by Friday, April 5, 2013 to Elizabeth Dutton, VP Digital Operation - edutton@blackpress.ca No calls please. We thank all applicants. Only those shortlisted will be contacted for interviews. www.blackpress.ca

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CONCRETE & PLACING

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 224

CARPET CLEANING

Carpet Cleaning. 4 bdrm & up $89-$139: All Natural, deodorize & sanitize. Guar. 778-772-9164

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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

Need extra cash? DRIVER WANTED

Do you have a reliable van & valid driver’s license? You could make extra money delivering on Wednesdays/ Thursdays. This delivery is to stores, apartments & boxes in the Vancouver area. Papers are available for pickup on Wednesdays and must be completed by noon on Thursdays. For more information please call Miguel at 604-742-8676 or email: circulation@ wevancouver.com

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 260

ELECTRICAL

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 287

PLACING & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 34 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

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DRYWALL

FRANKS Drywall *Boarding*Taping *Spraying no job too sm. Seniors rts Free ests. 604-939-7029, 809-1945 JMYK CONTRACTING LTD. Specializing in steel stud framing, drywall, taping, texture, t-bar, firerating, painting + general reno’s. WCB, Insured. Jay 604-722-6197

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ELECTRICAL

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GARDENING

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME IMPROVEMENTS Carpentry, painting, drywall, tiles Quality work - reasonable price Martin 778-355-5840

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

@ 8th St. New Westminster

PLANT WORKERS & EXP. FISH FILLETERS Required by Fish Processing Plant for day shifts.

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TRADES, TECHNICAL TOOL & DIE MAKER

LIGHT DUTY CLEANERS

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Always! Landscaping Services, Pwr Raking, Delivery, Spreading, Yard &Rubbish cleanup 604.230.0627

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS ALWAYS! GUTTER Cleaning & Roof Blowing, 30 yrs exp., Prompt Prof. Service Simon 604-230-0627

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PLUMBING

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Bulldog Disposal Co. Home & Yard Clean Ups Residential / Commercial

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• Kitchens • Bathrooms

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

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LANDSCAPING

FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

Always! Delivering Top Soil, Bark Mulch, Sand and Gravel, Spreading services. Simon 604-230-0627

Ring up profits!

C & C Electrical Mechanical

Advertise across the lower mainland in the 17 best-read community newspapers!

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Full Landscape Construction for 33 Years. Locally owned and operated. All work guaranteed.

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PRESSURE WASHING POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

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Always! Power Washing, Window & Gutter cleaning, all your exterior cleaning needs. 604-230-0627

Steve 778-848-0036 320

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SUNDECKS

627

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms! CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

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Local & Long Distance

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TILING

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Roofing Experts. 778-230-5717 Repairs/Re-Roof/New Roofs. All work Gtd. Free Est. Call Frank. COMPLETE Roofing Ltd. Repairs & gutters, all roofs. WCB, BBB, Reas guaranteed. Sr Disc. 604-725-0106 10% OFF - Call 604.812.9721 AMG ROOFING & SIDING. Re-roofing, new roof, gutters. WCB

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www.treeworksonline.ca 10% OFF with this AD Price Reduced. Luxury Parkside townhouse 2039 s/f. Reno’d 3bdr 2.5bath, dbl garage, granite, A/C, h/w flrs, 5’10” heated crawlspace, 2 f/p’s. Nr Terry Fox High School. $521,400. May 23rd Possession. Owners Motivated to Sell. Call Tim 604-818-6293 or John 604-341-1500. 1 Percent Realty.

10% Discount

Re-roofing & Repairs

FIVE STAR ROOFING All kinds of re-roofing & repairs. Free est. Reasonable rates. (604)961-7505, 278-0375

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

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Running this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

338

PLUMBING

BRO MARV PLUMBING $49 Service Call. 24 Hrs. Plumbing, Heating, Electrical, (604)582-1598 LOCAL PLUMBER $45 Service call Plumbing, Heating, plugged drains. Mustang Plumbing 778-714-2441

Hauling Anything.. But Dead Bodies!! 20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE We Load or You Load !

604.220.JUNK(5865) Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988 FLEETWOOD WASTE Bin Rentals 10-30 Yards. Call Ken at 604-294-1393

RECYCLE-IT! JUNK REMOVAL • Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses • More

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PETS

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 LAB PUPS, Chocolate, $700. vet ch, dew-claws rem. 1st shots, dewormed. qual. lines (604)702-0217 NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

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RENTALS PETS

604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

POMERANIAN pups. Ready to go. M & F. Health guar. 778-838-2700. www.pomeraniansbyparis.com PUG AVAILABLE for stud service. He is a rare silver male, purebred but not registered. ALSO GOLDEN RETRIEVER (not reg.) available for stud (OFA hips and cert eyes). Mission 604-820-4827 SHELTIE DOGS - 2F 1M. (two are 5mo/old) Ready May1st. Pick now. Whelping box avail. 604-826-6311

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 533

FERTILIZERS

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $160 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $180. 604-856-8877

548

FURNITURE

RENT TO OWN

700

STOP RENTING! RENT TO OWN! No Qualification Required! FLEXIBLE TERMS! Cloverdale 60th &176th Spacious 708sf. 1 bdrm. Condo. Only $880/mo. Option Fee Req. 604-657-9422

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APARTMENT/CONDO 2 bdrm bright apt. Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op. $810/mo. No subsidy. Close to transit, schools, and shopping.

Sandy 604 945 5864 sandy@terramanagement.ca BURNABY, Linden Glen Apts. 7052 Linden Ave. Spacious & bright Studio, 1 & 2/bdrms. Incl heat & HW. Near Highgate. Cats ok. (604)540-2028 or 778-552-5325 BURNABY

Park Crest Apts. 1 & 2 Bedroom Reno’d suites located in upgraded blding in cul-du-sac. Next to large green space. Incl’s heat, hot water and basic cable. Walk to Highgate mall. Quiet and clean. Cat okay. Deposit required. For viewing....

Call 604-540-6725

*NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell! $200 ~ 604-484-0379

560

MISC. FOR SALE

GOVERNMENT STYLE CAMP FIREPITS $100 ~ without grill $150 ~ with grill Steel plate & sea containers avail

Steve 604-792-3434 (Chilliwack) targetjackiesales@gmail.com HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

• Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal

TRANSPORTATION 810

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

AUTO FINANCING

NEW WESTMINSTER

Panorama Court Spacious & clean 1 & 2 bdrms avail. From $750 - $1020/mo. No pets.

Call 604-540-6732

CA$H 4 SCRAP

WE PAY $$ ON THE HAND • Scrap Cars • Trucks • SUV’S • Vans • Buses • Tractors etc. Fast & Friendly Service! • 24/7 • FREE TOWING

PRESTIGIOUS - WESTWOOD PLATEAU, BRAND NEW!

Sam The Scraper 778-389-3465

Not your average apt. but 1200 sf of luxurious living space, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, F/P, cov. patio, hrd. wd. flrs, Kitch. fully loaded with highend appls, and solid granite cntr tops, lndry rm with full size W/D. Close to shopping, schls, golf and bus route. Avl. May 1st. $1550/mth. 604-469-6990.

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www.scrap4cashjunkcarremoval.com TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

HOMES FOR RENT

BURNABY, 3 bdrm house f/p 4 appls h/w floors Metrotown area nr BCIT. avail now. 604-438-2220

SUITES, LOWER

COQUITLAM Capehorn. Deluxe 2 bdrm +office, gr/lvl, 1000 s/f, share w/d, pet ok, ns/nd, $1100 incl utils, cbl, net. Avail May1. 604-540-7899.

• Tree Trimming • Fully Insured • Best Rates

778 - 896 - 4858

TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

The Scrapper

BURNABY; Two 1 bdrm suites, fully bath, view, $750/ea incl hydro/heat. N/S, N/P. 1 (604)820-8664

removal done RIGHT!

Specialist asphalt, shingle, cedar, flat Guarnt’d ~ WCB

752

TRANSPORTATION

851

TRUCKS & VANS

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

TREE & STUMP

A YOUNG BROS ROOFING LTD.

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

Call (604) 931-2670

750

TREE SERVICES

EXCEL ROOFING LTD. All kinds of roofing work. Reroof, New, Repairs. Free est. (778)878-2617

778-997-9582

Welcome Home ! 1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.

COQUITLAM, bright, clean Reno’d 1 bdrm bsmt suite, priv entry, $650 NS NP. May 1. (604)926-8868

604-537-4140

BUDGET PAINTING, Interior, Exterior, Residential, Commercial, Summer Special 25% Off, Excellent References, Fully Insured 100% Customer Satisfaction, Senior Discounts, Free Estimates, 1-(604)-619-1517

APARTMENT/CONDO

COQUITLAM

RENTALS

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TILE, MARBLE & slate installations and home renos. No job too small. Call 604-521-6919

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OPEN HOUSE

FULLY renovated 2 bdrm, 2 bath condo in South Surrey. Over $60k in reno’s inc/ top quality appliances. MLS#F1305947. 203-15140 29A Ave Surrey BC. Open House April 20-21 2pm-4pm. Contact don.rokosz@telus.net or 604-916-0964

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ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person *Reliable Careful Movers. *Rubbish Removal. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020

RENTALS

HOMES WANTED

• DIFFICULTY SELLING ? •

ABBA MOVERS & DEL Res/comm 1-4 ton truck, 1 man $35/hr, 2 men from $45. Honest, bsmt clean up. 25yrs Exp. 24hrs/7days 604-506-7576

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

FARMS

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

GET the best for your moving 24/7 From $40/hr. Licensed & Insured. Seniors Discount. 778-773-3737

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

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WHATCOM County Berry Farm North of Lynden, family owned 80+ yrs. 19.2 acres w/ 17 acres Meeker Raspberries in production. Halverstick Road. Most fertile & proven soil in County w/ample water rights. 3 bdrm house, garage, large shop & barn. $775,000. Call for details or tour (360) 305-2060.

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REAL ESTATE

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

COQUITLAM Como Lk/Thermal Dr. 1200 s/f, 2bdr bsmt suite, inste w/d, nr Como Lk Shopping Cntr. May1st. $1000 +1/3utils. 604-780-1099.

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

PoCo Mary Hill newer 2bdr g/l ste, full bath, sh ldry, NS/NP. $795/mo incl utils. May1. 604-306-1701 eves

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

2007 Dodge Ram, 1500, Laramie 4x4, auto, 5.7L. Crew cab. 95kms. $14,000 (604)538-4883

Open House D I R E C TO RY #1504 - 1250 Quayside Dr, NW SUN 2:00-4:00

#102 - 31 Elliot St, NW SUN 2:30-4:30

#301 - 15 E. Royal Ave, NW SUN 2:00-4:00

#313 - 18 Smokey Smith Pl, NW SAT 2:30-4:30

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#502 - 209 Carnarvon, NW SAT & SUN 2:00-4:00

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OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY call Karen Murtagh at 604-456-6349

CLEAN SPACIOUS SUITES 1 & 2 Bdrm Suites Centrally Located, 1/2 blk-Metrotown Mall Full time caretaker.

MOVE IN TODAY!!! CALL ANYTIME TO VIEW

778-323-0237 COQUITLAM - Penthouse 1400 s/f 2bd, 2ba, 2balc, hi-ceil, pool, gym, h/w floors. GORGEOUS! $1875/mo Avl now. Lafarge Lk. 604-808-4687. MAPLE Ridge dntwn Urbano complex, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, inste w/d, f/p, deck, 2 u/g prkg Nr amen NS/NP $1100+util Ref. Immed 604-512-8725

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